Visualizing Traceability Links between Source Code and Documentation

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dc.contributor.authorChen, Xiaofan
dc.contributor.authorHosking, John
dc.contributor.authorGrundy, John
dc.coverage.spatialInnsbruck Austria
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-07T22:18:51Z
dc.date.createdSeptember 30-October 4 2012
dc.date.issued2012
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T11:34:15Z
dc.description.abstractIt is well recognized that visualizing traceability links between software artifacts helps developers to recover, browse, and maintain these inter-relationships effectively and efficiently. However, it is a major challenge for researchers to efficiently visualize traceability links for big software systems because of scalability and visual clutter issues. In this paper we present a new approach that combines treemap and hierarchical tree visualization techniques to provide a global structure of traces and a detailed overview of each trace. These both reduce visual clutter while still being highly scalable and interactive. Our usability study shows that our approach can support comprehension, browsing, and maintenance of traceability links.
dc.identifier.isbn9781467308526
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/19023
dc.publisherIEEE Computer Society
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC 2012)
dc.source2012 IEEE Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VL/HCC)
dc.subjectKeywords: Global structure; Hierarchical tree; Inter-relationships; Software artifacts; Software systems; Software traceability; Source codes; Traceability links; Treemap; Usability studies; Visual clutter; Clutter (information theory); Visual languages; Forestry; Hierarchical tree; Software traceability; Traceability visualization; Treemap
dc.titleVisualizing Traceability Links between Source Code and Documentation
dc.typeConference paper
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage126
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage119
local.contributor.affiliationChen, Xiaofan, University of Auckland
local.contributor.affiliationHosking, John, College of Engineering and Computer Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationGrundy, John, Swinburne University of Technology
local.contributor.authoremailu5099712@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidHosking, John, u5099712
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
local.identifier.absfor080309 - Software Engineering
local.identifier.absseo890201 - Application Software Packages (excl. Computer Games)
local.identifier.ariespublicationu5099712xPUB6
local.identifier.doi10.1109/VLHCC.2012.6344496
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84870941687
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu5099712
local.type.statusPublished Version

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